Washbasin



G. H. K. MATTISON.

WASHBASIN.

APPLICATION FILEDJUNE7,1919. 1,361 ,887, Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

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GEORGETTE H. K. MATTISON, OF AMBLER, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHBASIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patelfted Dec. 14, 1920.

Application filed .Tune 7, 1919. Serial No. 302,383.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGETTE H. K. MATTIsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ambler, in the county of Montgomery and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWashbasins, whereof the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to wash basins and the like, and, particularly, toa type of basin suitable for use in shampooing, or in otherwise Washingor treating the head. It is my aim to provide a basin structure whichshall afford the utmost possible comfort to the user,-?I. e., the personwhose head is being shampooed,while at the same time affording the bestpossible protection against spilling or slopping over of the water orother fluid used and preventing the trickling of water down the neck ofthe user. Other advantages obtainable in connection with my inventionwill appear hereinafter, while its scope andessentials will be indicatedin my claim.

The ordinary wash-basin commonly used for shampooing is subject toserious disadvantages, among which the following may be mentioned:

It does not allow the user to get sufiiciently close to the bowl properfor his head to be completely over it;

It afiords no security whatever against water finding its.way down theneck and chest of the user;

It tends to keep the head of the user at too great a height above thewater in the bowl, or else requires him to bend his head forward to anuncomfortably strained deg As a rule, the user is led to assume astrained and uncomfortable general posture in the endeavor to minimizethese other disadvantages.

My new type of wash-basin not only over- In the embodiment here shown,my invention comprises a substantially horizontalbasin structureresembling, in general appearance, certain types now in ordinary"household use. Its upper substantially flat surface around the bowlproper 1, is of ample width to hold such brushes, sponges, bottles, orother toilet articles as it may be desired to lay thereon, and also toafford space for suitable soap-dish depressions or bottle-holdingsockets 2, 2, at its rear corners, and for the centrally locatedfaucetholes 3, 3, 3, behind the bowl. It is shown as having around itsedges a relatively wide, deep depending apron 4:. The corner portion 5,(between the apron and the to a surface) overhangs horizontally andstancs up beyond the adjacent surface Vertically to about the extentusual in structures of this sort,-the upward extension going all the wayaround the structure and tendin to prevent water from sloppin ortricking over outside the structure. is shown, the

basin structure is supported (on a massive pillar or pedestal 6) atabout the ordinary height for such structures, so as to make it mostconvenient for an adult user when seated on a low stool; but it may bemounted at any other height if desired, and sup-- ported in any suitablemanner. This particular structure is designed to present a wide, andsuitably curved to receive and conform closely to the natural outlinesof the body (back or chest) of the average adult user when in anapproximately upright or (forward or rearward) inclined position, In thetop of this front edge portion of the structure, furthermore, is acorresponding horizontal recess or depression 11, relatively narrow ascompared with the recess 10, and located about at its middle, so as toreceive and conform closely to the neck, face, or head of the user whenbent forward or backward to bring the head over the bowl. The curvedsurface of the depression 11 is of substantial extent or width asbetween the bowl 1 and the recess 10, so as to afford an extendedsubstantially flat and comfortable rest for the neck or head of theuser.

These'two substantially coincident or corresponding depressions 10 and11, it will be seen, allow the user to get very close to the bowl 1,without discomfort, and to bring his face and 'forehead, or the back ofhis head, down to the very surface of the water in the bowl withoutstrain or constraint. The curved surfaces at '10- and 11;, are not onlymore comfortable for the body vand neck or forehead to 'rest againstthan are the surfaces of the ordinary wash-basin, but fit the averageuser so closely (allowing for the elasticity of the flesh) as to preventthe trickling of water along the neck and body. They also tend to rendermore effective any towel or 'other'means used for purposes of protectionagainst wetting.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A substantially horizontal wash basinceive the upright body of the userand a corresponding narrower horizontal depress on, with curved surfaceof substantial extent from the bowl of the basin to said verticalrecess, adapted to receive the users neck or head and afford an extendedflat, comfortable rest.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Newport, in thecounty of Newport and State of Rhode Island, this second day of June,1919.

GEOBGETTE H. K. MATTISON.

Witnesses:

HERBERT L. DYER, GERTRUDE T. BUTLER.

